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OTHERWORLDLINESS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does otherworldliness mean?
• OTHERWORLDLINESS (noun)
The noun OTHERWORLDLINESS has 1 sense:
1. concern with things of the spirit
Familiarity information: OTHERWORLDLINESS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Concern with things of the spirit
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
otherworldliness; spiritism; spiritualism; spirituality
Hypernyms ("otherworldliness" is a kind of...):
internality; inwardness (preoccupation with what concerns human inner nature (especially ethical or ideological values))
Antonym:
worldliness (concern with worldly affairs to the neglect of spiritual needs)
Derivation:
otherworldly (existing outside of or not in accordance with nature)
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